Gunnar Ficker (born 26 November 1954) is a Brazilian sailor. He won medals in nine Pan American Games almost consecutively, between 1983 and 2015 (with the exception of 2003, when there was no Lightning class), together with Cláudio Biekarck.^[1][2]

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Gunnar Ficker

Personal information
Full name	Gunnar Ficker
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1954-11-26) 26 November 1954 (age 69) São Paulo, São Paulo
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sailing career
Class	Lightning
Medal record Sailing Representing  Brazil World Championship 2011 Búzios Lightning 1983 Napoletani Lightning 1993 Ilhabela Lightning Masters World Championship 2017 Salinas Lightning Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Lightning 1995 Mar del Plata Lightning 1999 Winnipeg Lightning 2019 Lima Lightning 1987 Indianapolis Lightning 1991 Havana Lightning 2007 Rio Lightning 2011 Guadalajara Lightning 2015 Toronto Lightning

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He started sailing when he was still a boy, at the Guarapiranga dam, in São Paulo. At 17, he was already world champion in the Penguin class, alongside Joaquim Doeding. The partnership with Cláudio Biekarck began in 1978, when Gunnar was 24 years old. Since then, they have always sailed together. ^[3][4]

Ficker obtained 9 medals in the Lightning class at Pan American Games: gold in Caracas 1983, silver in the Mar del Plata 1995, Winnipeg 1999 and Lima 2019 editions, and bronze in 5 editions: Indianapolis 1987, Havana 1991, Rio 2007, Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015. There were 9 medals in 10 consecutive Pans, with the exception of 2003, when there was no Lightning class race.^[5]

At the 2011 Lightning World Championship held in Búzios, he obtained the silver medal, and, at the 1993 Lightning World Championship held in Ilhabela, he obtained the bronze medal.^[6]